However, at least eight passages in Isaiah (41:8-9, 44:1-2, 21 [2 references], 45:4, 48:20, and 49:3) identify the whole nation of Israel as God’s servant, and so we focused primarily on the ...

Pastor Marcus Lohrmann: The desperation of God’s longing for us and to liberate us in love.God moves towards all of creation and I would call that a desperate ache and hope that God has for us ...

There on the cross is displayed the glory, the wisdom, the righteousness, the love, the justice, and the power of God (1 Cor. 1:18–31). And none of it looks anything like what you'd expect.

The cross represents the very worst that humans could do to another human, even to God,” said Father John Rice, pastor of St. Francis Xavier Church, 532 Market St., Parkersburg.

God's witness was left in the lurch by the God to whom he had witnessed. The mockery at the foot of the cross, reported in a variety of ways, underlines vividly this wordless, helpless, miracle ...

The Meaning of Glory. When we look at Jesus, we see that God has accomplished the most powerful act of salvation. He has revealed his glory through the most humble means of a cross.

They were awaiting the Christ of God, the anointed of God, and yet to die on a tree was to be accursed (Deuteronomy 21:22-23). To preach “Christ Crucified” is to preach an oxymoron, that the ...

A God who allows suffering is a mystery, but so is a God who suffered. “Stations of the Cross: Jesus and Simon of Cyrene,” by Giandomenico Tiepolo, (1745-1749).Credit...Scala/Art Resource, NY ...